Provoking LOVE

As fallen creatures it is all to easy to provoke each other to anger and strife through unkindness and criticism - but as believers we are instructed to provoke one another unto LOVE. And it is through unchanging love that love is provoked. It is by means of loving another.. that they become stimulated to love in return. It is through an unchanging attitude of never-failing Christ-like love towards our brothers and sisters in Christ, irrespective of their attitude towards us.. that love can be motivated within them - as they see Christ living in us and loving through us.

Our Loving Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us so much that while we were still dead in our trespasses and sins, Christ completed His finished work on the cross.. so that by grace through faith in Him, we might have forgiveness of sin and life everlasting. Thank You for those who taught us about the Lord Jesus and who demonstrated the love of Christ in their own lives - provoking us to love and good works in our own lives. Help us to be so in tune with You that others may be provoked unto love and good works through our witness, as Christ lives in us and we in Him. In Jesus Name we Pray.. AMEN.